Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  M 34  ·  NGC 1039  ·  PGC 138534  ·  PGC 2201238  ·  PGC 2802362  ·  PGC 2816328
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M34 by moonlight, lowenthalm
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M34 by moonlight

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
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M34 by moonlight, lowenthalm
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M34 by moonlight

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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The moon was pretty bright, so after doing some variable star observations, I switched to open clusters. Here is a mosaic of three images of M34. Each live-stack was 5 minutes with sub exposures were 1 second.

The bright blue stars are about the color of Vega.

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M34 by moonlight, lowenthalm

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